“We are on our journey, our path forward. We kind of know where we're going already, and it's […] more of a matter of trusting ourselves and the path forward versus getting caught up in the big grand pictures. […] When we're talking about sketching out the plan, [it] is less about trying to predict every possible thing that will happen and more about getting real about what we wanna focus on right now. […]

[This] can be in the form of short-term goals. They could feel like long-term goals. But we're really painting a picture based on where we're at currently, and we're allowing that map to evolve as we progress forward. So getting attached to the idea of, like, a five-year plan that you stick to is unhelpful. But playing with a five-year plan is this kind of playful, wishy space where we are putting out our desires and intentions for what kind of life we wanna live, how we want the world to be around us. That kind of thing is helpful.

I feel like the idea of imagination right now in regards to the future is a powerful and hard thing to do because of how uncertain it feels to try and plan out everything down to a T. And so give that up and open yourself up instead to the idea of experimentation, allowing your map to be less of map of where you're going and more of map of where you are.”

Hello again! I’ve decided to continue this series after successfully executing the first one. Today’s message comes from the Page of Wands and times perfectly with Saturn’s return to Aries.

I’ve been getting “it’s time to plan the path forward” messages for the past two weeks. In an earlier part of the recording that I cut out, I even read a Chani daily message that covered a similar idea. What didn’t click for me until after the reading — and honestly, for many days after — was the idea of a plan being a malleable, growing object. My plans were reflections of me and where I want to go right now. Naturally, they will change as I do.

Having changed quite a bit internally over the past few years, it’s harder to attempt to plan anything. I used to feel very destabilized when my plans blossomed into something new until I eventually learned to lean into it. I leaned so far into it, that I’ve abandoned the process of planning anything. I’m now turning the dial back a degree toward where I was before, without turning the heat on high.

Since then, I’ve been revisiting some old ideas and playing with new ones that are helping me re-open my planning books. The first was the Saturn in Aries reading from Astrobutterfly. Shortly before, I had read the poem “The Scaffold” by Fernando Pessoa.

“If Saturn in Pisces was ‘fake it till you make it,’ Saturn in Aries is ‘make it real.’” – Astrobutterfly

“The illusion that kept me going Was a queen only on stage: Once undressed, her reign was over.”– Fernando Pessoa

I also watched “How To Put Up Scaffolding” from How To With John Wilson a week or so before, which plays with similar ideas regarding taking risks. Of course, I sat stubbornly with all these puzzle pieces and stared them down to see if they’d take their shape.

Instead, I found myself handed this video by Anna Howard, which detailed ways to plan abstractly instead of in the targeted SMART goals style I had used for years.

I can’t deliver a grand conclusion for this reading because that’s never been the point. The point is to try and figure out where you are now, then where you’d like to be, and see how your feet shift. Life is a series of experiments instead of sprints. It makes everything feel softer and easier, taking it one piece at a time.

If this resonated with you, please let me know!

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